Actually JustOneDad…no they can’t. Federally funded Work Study dollars cannot be paid to students who do NOT receive federal work study in their financial aid packages.
The colleges can’t just decide to pay a non-work study student with federal WS funds.
Now…the college can decide to use THEIR funds to pay for a job. And actually some jobs are dual funded…WS OR college funding. But the vast majority are one…or the other.
Did you read my post about my son? The boss of the job actually contacted the financial aid department to see if there was ANY way my son could be awarded WS. Um…no. Our EFC exceeded the COA. End of discussion. The job went unfilled all year. No work study students applied for it. And the only money they had to fund the job was WS money.